GLIMPSE
"I swear this is so not you!" Haily yelled at me as we are running to our building. The freaking alarm didn't worked so I woke up late and Haily was the one to wait for me while the others headed early and didn't want to wake me up. "Whatever" I replied as we arrived at the classroom and lucky for us because the teacher was the old guy that is said to be a terror.
"Well, if it ain't the two new students" He paused what he was teaching and looked at us that got the whole class's attention. I even saw some girls snickering. I rolled my eyes and Haily apologised for the both of us which the teacher didn't accept. "It's only the second day since you got here and you're already attending late? Answer my questions for each of you before I dismiss this class!" he said in a loud tone that silenced the room.
He looked at me as he points his marker at me. "What ended the Bretton Woods System?" He asked with his left brow raised. I heave a sigh "Tardy and can't even answer my-" "The Bretton Woods System ended due to the US decision to suspend gold convertibility and as a key factor to this is the inflationary monetary policy that was inappropriate for the key currency country of the system" I cut him off that put a stop to his arrogant tone. "Is that all sir?" I asked in a serious yet tinted with sarcasm.
He nodded his head and asked Haily something that she answered right away. Some guys applaud our response and the teacher even dismissed the class just like what he said even though there was still 20 minutes to spare.
We settled down in our seats when three girls approached our seats. "I bet you ain't tough like how you portray yourselves" the girl in the middle one said while batting her fake eye lashes. Haily looked at me with a worried look on her face. She knows I hate trouble and so does she.
Great, just great.
"Look,we're tired and we don't want any trouble especially that we're new here" I said in a well-mannered tone as I put my notebook on my table for our next class. "Well we want what you don't want" the one on her left said as she picked my notebook and throw it at the back of the room.
The room went silent and all that was heard was the the noise I made when I went to pick my notebook from the back and it was too late when I turned around and Haily stood from her seat that looks pissed but all we witnessed was a slap from the girl on the right that hitted Haily's face.
I was worried but knowing her, she'll be in control. Haily's face turned to me and looked at me as if she's asking for my permission which I motioned a 'yes'. The crowd gasped when they saw how Haily easily knocked down the girl on the right and fell on her buttocks. Our classmates didn't know what to do and the best part was that Ambrose wasn't here to put a stop to what was happening, probably attending to some matter.
The two were in shock and was about to hit Haily but I immediately stopped her hand and the middle girl was about to slap me when I grabbed her wrist and twisted her and pinned her on my table. The crowd cheered and soon enough, students from other classrooms were watching.
"What's going on here?"
We looked at the entrance when Ambrose entered with Alcquin that is carrying a lot of papers. They immediately went to our spot and the students moved away from us. "What's happening? Let them go" Ambrose said in a composed yet serious tone. "Alice and her minions started it" the girl next to our seats answered that the whole class agreed on which probably embarrassed the girls as they escaped out grasp and ran out of the room. Everyone who witnessed the scene applauded and praised us.
"Hi, I'm Janna and I'm glad you didn't let Alice and her friends bully you, those girls are such jerks" the girl who defended us said as we sat back on our seats. "We don't tolerate such things" Haily replied as she checks her cheek that is a bit red-ish on her phone.
"You could have slapped her too you know" I whispered to Haily as she sighs in regret. I chuckle to her reaction and we stopped talking about the issue when the next teacher arrived and even got confused as to why are Alice and her friends not in class.
"Alright, 30 minutes break" our teacher announced as we finished turning in our activity papers. "Hey, can I come snack with you guys?" Janna asked and we just agreed since it's not that much of an issue. She talked to her seatmate first which I guess is her friend. We were walking to the cafeteria with some of our classmates when Janna suddenly spoke. "Good thing that the seating arrangement would be moved later after lunch break"
"What postponed it?" Haily asked as Janna looked delighted that we entertained her statement. "Oh, Mr. Ronald was not feeling too well so he wasn't able to attend this morning but he will attend this afternoon" she replied. We finally arrived at the cafeteria and just ordered what we want and headed back to our classroom. Alice and her friends are back again but are only giving us nasty looks which we ignored the whole time.
"Alright, so do you guys know what event we'll be celebrating this coming Friday?" the teacher asked us as we all got back on the room and took our seats. Haily and I are obviously both clueless
"Mid-year prom!" the class yelled with excitement that they even raised their hands in the air.
"Mid-year what?"